The Spectator: ...Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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Page 32
... reason , a selfish man , in the most fhining circumftance and equipage , appears in the fame condition with the fellow above- mentioned , but more contemptible , in proportion to what more he robs the public of , and enjoys above him ...
... reason , a selfish man , in the most fhining circumftance and equipage , appears in the fame condition with the fellow above- mentioned , but more contemptible , in proportion to what more he robs the public of , and enjoys above him ...
Page 50
... reason I cannot tell , are more fen- fibly touched with those general afperfions which are cast upon their fex , than men are by what is faid of theirs . When she had a little recovered herself from the feri- ous anger she was in , the ...
... reason I cannot tell , are more fen- fibly touched with those general afperfions which are cast upon their fex , than men are by what is faid of theirs . When she had a little recovered herself from the feri- ous anger she was in , the ...
Page 88
... reason why the northern hive , as he calls it , does not send out fuch prodigious fwarms , and overrun the world with Goths and Vandals , as it did formerly ; with 88 N ° 21 THE SPECTATOR . in term-time. Martial's defcription of this ...
... reason why the northern hive , as he calls it , does not send out fuch prodigious fwarms , and overrun the world with Goths and Vandals , as it did formerly ; with 88 N ° 21 THE SPECTATOR . in term-time. Martial's defcription of this ...
Page 92
... reason to perform our parts . As to fcenes of madness , you know , Sir , there are noble inftances of this kind in Shake- fpear ; but then it is the disturbance of a noble mind , from generous and humane resentments ; it is like that ...
... reason to perform our parts . As to fcenes of madness , you know , Sir , there are noble inftances of this kind in Shake- fpear ; but then it is the disturbance of a noble mind , from generous and humane resentments ; it is like that ...
Page 126
... reason of the lowness of the roof . The feveral woods in Afia , which Alexander must be fup- pofed to pass through , will give the audience a fight of monkies dancing upon ropes , with many other pleafan- tries of that ludicrous fpecies ...
... reason of the lowness of the roof . The feveral woods in Afia , which Alexander must be fup- pofed to pass through , will give the audience a fight of monkies dancing upon ropes , with many other pleafan- tries of that ludicrous fpecies ...
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